The First Reading for this Feast of All Saints features a rare moment of dialogue between two flesh-and-blood humans in St. John’s Apocalypse: Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, robed in white, and where have they come from?” I said to him, “Sir, you are the one that knows.” ThenRead More »
St. Michael and All Angels
We don’t seem to think about angels all that much anymore. Maybe it’s because our culture doesn’t connect with the classical image of fluffy, harp-strumming cherubs. More likely, it’s because the very notion of Divine Messengers is just plain weird: sentient beings other than homo sapiens is the stuff of science fiction and fantasy. AndRead More »
Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday Worship for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost (September 20, 2020)
Holy Cross Day
Sunday Worship for Holy Cross Day (September 13, 2020)
Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday Worship for the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost (September 6, 2020)
Throughout your Generations…
The readings for this Sunday are available here. Believe it or not, it’s already September. September 2, 2020, to be precise. It’s also the Wednesday after the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, according to the steady tick of the church calendar. I for one don’t want to know how many weeks it’s been since we allRead More »
Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday Worship for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost (August 30, 2020)
All Desires Known…
The readings for Sunday are available here. “For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it.” My spiritual journey over the last few years has involved a concerted effort to learn what it means to simply be myself in a ministryRead More »
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday Worship for the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost (August 23, 2020)
Feast of the Transfiguration
Sunday Prayers for the Feast of the Transfiguration (August 9, 2020)
Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday Prayers for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost (July 5, 2020)
Celebrating Trinity Sunday
It feels very strange, even out of place, to celebrate a feast about a dogma of the Church. Events in Jesus’ life, Pentecost, stories of Holy Women and Men gone before us: those we can wrap our heads around. But the Trinity? Why the need to celebrate that?
